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Tag Archives: COVID-19

Rugby Africa cancels 2020 season competitions

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rugby Africa, the administrative body for rugby union across Africa has cancelled all its competitions this year including the Rugby Africa Cup which was supposed to start last weekend. The other affected competitions include the U-20 Bathes Trophy, Rugby Africa Women’s Cup and the …

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Police storms Post Bank to enforce social distancing

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A team of police officers stormed Post Bank branch in Mbale town on Monday afternoon to enforce physical distancing as part of the COVID-19 preventive measures. The police officers led by Nesperio Kizza, the Officer in charge of operations at Mbale central police station faced …

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“The threat of fake news during a pandemic”

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ICT Ministry together with Ministry of Heath, The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung  and UBC TV, will on Saturday host a  webinar on how to combat  misinformation. The theme of the webinar is “The Threat of Fake News During a Pandemic” “The abundance of misinformation swirling around COVID-19 …

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Soroti hospital receives seven cases of COVID-19

Soroti, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Seven people have tested positive to Covid-19 at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital. This brings the number of COVID-19 patients at the hospital to eleven.  The new cases are contacts of the first two businessmen from Bukedea and Soroti. The index cases in Teso have been …

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Only 60 people invited for martyrs day Celebrations

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The annual Martyrs day celebration will be attended by only 60 people, this year. This is the only number expected at both the Church of Uganda and Catholic shrines in Namugongo on June 3 as the country maintains restrictions on public gatherings as a result of …

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